Garment-fastener.



.No. 767,957. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904. H. S. PULLMAN.

vGARMENT FASTENER.

' APPLICATION FILED ms. 31, 1904. 1 1

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PATENT OFFICE.

HALF TO JESSE STEARNS, OF NEVV- YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-FASTENER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,957, dated August 16, 1904.

Application filed March 31, 1904.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT S. PULLMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and Improved Garment -.Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates more especially to that form of garment-fastening known as a hook and eye; and the object of my invention is to provide a device of this class the members of which may not be accidentally disengaged each from the other, thus providing a secure fastening means for the garment; and a further object is to provide afdevice of this class in which the members of the fastener may be readily engaged and disengaged when desired.

One form of fastener embodying my invention and in the use of which these objects may be attained is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of a disengaged hook and eye embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the hook and eye shown as engaged. Fig. 3 is a like view, but showing the parts partly engaged. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the hook and eye.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 denotes-my improved eye, and the numeral 2 a hook, embodying my invention. The eye is formed, preferably, of a single piece of loops '3, serving as fastening means, and a socket 4: for the reception of the hook. Each of the members of this eye are composed of a double strand of wire, the strands being located a slightdistance apart. The outer strand of the socket member is continuous; but the inner strand is separated, as at 5, the adjacent ends, as at the separated portion, forming each end of the wire constituting-the entire eye- This socket is preferably of curved form, as shown, and the opening into the socket constitutes a throat 6 of contracted proportions. The formation of the two strands constituting the socket member affords a yielding of one strand, constituting the inner strand of the socket, to a degree suflicient to permit the Serial No. 200,912- (No model.)

entry of the other fastening member when pressed by the hook 2. The hook 2 is probers while in practically parallel position along each other until the bend in the hook or bill has passed through the throat 6 and the cross-bar'9 of the book has been located well outside of said throat 6.

From this construction it will be seen that the hook cannot be disengaged from the eye by a tipping movement of the parts one upon the other, but that the parts will :be held securely in engagement until the proper relative movement between the parts is given,

and this will ordinarily occur only when it is desired to. disengage the two members one from the other.

The construction of the eye with two strands of wire provides an extremely cheap form of socket member and one in which the desired resiliency to admit the entrance of the hook is secured.

While I have shown one form of embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that this may be departed from to a considerable extent without departing from the invention,

and Ido not, therefore, desire to limit myself to the exact form herein shown and described.

My improved eye presents an extremely neat appearance, the strands composing theeye lying practically parallel with each other. The hook engages within the strand, forming the inner member of the socket, so that there is no difficulty in disengaging the parts and no liability of the-hook becoming lodged between the two stran'ds. The ends of the wire composing the two strands meeting within'the socket member affords a sufiicient resiliency of the socket member to permit the ready engagement of the hook, and at the same time no projections are formed upon which threads or the fabric will catch.

What I claim as my invention, and desire t secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A socket member for a garment-fastener composed of a single piece of wire having the hook-engaging socket formed of two strands, the inner of which includes the meeting ends of a single strand, forming the complete socket member, said inner strand arranged to be normally engaged by and oppose further inward movement of the hook.

2. A garment-fastener including a socket member composed of a single piece of wire including two strands, the socket of which includes in its formation the meeting ends of said two strands, the inner of which is arranged to be normally engaged by and oppose further inward movement of the hook, said socket having a contracted throat for the reception of the book.

3. A socket member for a garment-fastener composed of a single piece of wire forming two strands lying practically parallel with each other, the hook-engaging socket including the meeting ends of said strands, the inner of which is arranged to be normally engaged by and oppose further inward movement of the hook.

4. A socket member for a garment-fastener composed of a single piece of wire formed of two strands lying practically parallel with each other and including eyes and a hook-engaging socket, the latter including the meeting ends of said strands the inner of which is adapted to be normally engaged by and oppose further inward movement oi the hook, and having a contracted throat.

A socket member for a garment-fastener composed of a single piece of wire formed of two strands with eyes located outside of and at the side of the socket member, said socket including a contracted throat formed by one of the strands, the meeting ends of which adjoin within the socket.

6. A socket member for a garment-iastener composed of a single piece of wire formed of two strands and including eyes located outside of and in line with the socket, the latter having a contracted throat formed by one of the strands, the meeting ends of which adjoin within the socket.

T. A socket member for a garment-fastener composed of a single piece of wire forming two strands having the same general shape and including eyes located outside of and in line with said socket, one of said strands forming a contracted throat and its meeting ends adjoining within the socket.

HER-BERT S. PULLMAN.

\Vitnesses:

ARTHUR B. JENKINS, CORA M. ATWOOD. 

